Grisanti sponsors and passes Amanda Lynn's Law in New York State Senate

by jmaloni

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Thu, Mar 6th 2014 09:40 am

Legislation would
make it a crime to conceal a death by
knowingly moving or hiding a human corpse

State
Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-I-60, has announced the New York State Senate passed
Senate Bill S.1590. The legislation would makes it a crime to conceal a death
by knowingly moving or otherwise hiding a human corpse so that discovery of the
death would be hindered.

The bill,
sponsored by Grisanti, passed in the State Senate the past two years, but
has yet to be approved by the State Assembly.

"I
am pleased that the Senate voted to pass this legislation in honor of Amanda
Lynn," Grisanti said. "What is currently on the books
was completely inadequate for the seriousness of the crime of improperly
disposing of a human being. With the eventual passage of this
legislation, anyone in the future who attempts to move or conceal a body in the
attempt to hinder its discovery will have to deal with the full
weight of the legal system being thrown at them."

Amanda
Wienckowski's naked body was found stuffed inside a garbage tote in January
2009. The exact cause of her death has been disputed ever since, with one key
issue in the ongoing investigation the location of where her body was found. It
is believed her corpse was moved from the original crime scene.

Grisanti
is urging members of the Assembly to follow the Senate's lead and approve the
bill.

"As an attorney and also as a
father, I took particular interest in this legislation," Grisanti said.
"We all know that Amanda did not land in that Dumpster by herself, because
somebody put her in there. When somebody does something as
horrendous as that, they need to be held accountable and be punished.
Tampering with evidence and altering a crime scene cannot be tolerated.
The time came to act on this, and I applaud my colleagues in the Senate
for following my lead in attempting to make this become a law here in
New York state. We now need the members of the Assembly to bring it to the
floor and pass this bill so that it can be sent to the governor's desk."

The
legislation would make the commission of the crime of improper
disposal of a dead body a D felony. It is currently a misdemeanor.